How to take care of a newborn dog?

The first thing is not to touch the puppy, because the bitch doesn't like other smells on the child. If you touch it, the puppy will lose the care of its mother, and then it will die.

Bitches take care of puppies after delivery. When a puppy is born, it is the time when a bitch is most maternal. It takes care of the puppy with almost all its spirit and attention. It is eager to protect its children and may be hostile to the approach of any person or animal, so be very careful to get close to it to avoid being bitten. Therefore, during this period, the owner should try to restrain excessive excitement, avoid noise and commotion, and let their mother and son have a quiet rest environment, because once the bitch is frightened, she will try to resist, not only unintentionally taking care of the baby, but also may step on the puppy or cause other accidental injuries. In addition, the key points of diet, body and life care are as follows: Dietary nutrition: postpartum bitches also need to "sit on the moon" to recuperate their bodies, so they must be given high-calorie and digestible food. But improving nutrition is not an increase in quantity, and it is best to feed 3 to 4 meals a day. You can add some meat, eggs, cheese and so on. Dog food, and it is best to change dog food into high-calorie dog food for development. In addition, calcium intake is very important. In addition to absorption from food, it is best to supplement calcium powder. Hygiene: It is best to wipe the bitch's whole body with a warm towel, especially around her abdomen and breasts, to avoid letting the puppy eat unclean things or get infected with germs during breastfeeding. The timing of bathing can be 2 weeks after delivery, when the bitch's condition is relatively stable. Maintenance of breasts: In addition to keeping them clean, you must also pay attention to whether there are any abnormalities in the breasts every day, because when a puppy sucks milk, it is easy to hurt its nipples if it is too hard. Once infected by miscellaneous bacteria, nipples are prone to mastitis and redness. Therefore, the bitch may not want to breastfeed. Once the milk secreted by the inflamed mammary gland is yellow, don't let the puppy suck it. Nursing of weaning period: weaned puppies can start 2 1 day after birth, and bitches need to fast for one day. Reduce the bitch's food intake when weaning, and control the water, and then slowly restore the original food intake when the milk is gone. If the bitch still has persistent breast fullness after weaning, you can ask the doctor to inject a needle for breast withdrawal. If there is a tumor in the breast, it may be mastitis and must be treated. However, the breast withdrawal needle is a hormone, so try not to use it if you can't use it, so as not to interfere with the normal endocrine of the bitch, but to have side effects. During this period, calcium should still be fully supplemented until one month after weaning, so that the bitch will not be weak and have bad hair because of the loss of calcium during childbirth. Nursing points of newborn puppies

1. After the puppy is born in the incubator, if the bitch behaves well and will take good care of the puppy, then let the puppy and mother stay in the prepared delivery room. If the bitch's condition is unstable, in order to avoid crushing the puppies (especially large dogs) or other accidental injuries, it is best to prepare an incubator for the puppies, and only let the bitches enter or take the puppies out for breastfeeding. You can use cardboard boxes, wooden boxes, styrofoam boxes, etc. Prepare an incubator; The size should be based on the width that the bitch can lie, and the bottom layer should be covered with newspapers, towels and so on. The shape is based on the principle that the bitch can come in and out without the puppy falling out. For puppies born in winter, pay special attention to the temperature of the incubator. Because the temperature regulation function of newborns is not developed, it is best to maintain the incubator at 25℃, and it must not be lower than 20℃. At the same time, the incubator should not be placed where the temperature difference changes too much. You might as well put a room temperature meter in the box so that you can check it at any time. The way of heat preservation can be light bulb or electric blanket. In addition, the incubator should be kept clean at all times, and dirty and wet broken newspapers or towels should be taken out and replaced frequently.

2. Newborns born after breast-feeding have only 29% immunity, but the immunity can be improved to 77% after breast-feeding, especially the colostrum in the first three days contains a large number of transitional antibodies, which can protect puppies for 6~8 weeks after absorbing colostrum, which is the best resistance to protect their health before vaccination. Breast milk is not only nutritious, but also provides disease resistance for puppies. Therefore, if the bitch has enough milk, it is best for the newborn to completely suck the mother's milk. At the same time, the whole feeding work can also be given to the bitch, and you only need to help from the side. If the mother's milk is insufficient, it can be supplemented by artificial breastfeeding, but it still can't completely replace the mother's milk. The limited mother's milk still needs to be distributed to every puppy to suck. Wipe the breast with a hot towel before breastfeeding, gently squeeze the nipple with your hands to let the milk flow out, and then take the puppy out of the incubator and let it feed. Every two hours in the first week, every three hours in the second week and every four hours in the third week. By the fourth week, the puppy will steal mother's food. Puppies sometimes can't find nipples, or they can't contain nipples. The owner had better put the puppy in front of the nipple and guide them to suck milk. They can also put their tail finger into the puppy's mouth to practice sucking, and then help him get close to the nipple while his mouth is still open. It is best to let each nipple be sucked evenly by the puppy, and each puppy can suck enough breast milk, so that the puppy of the same fetus will not be too big or too small. While breastfeeding, the bitch will lick the anus and genitals of the puppy to stimulate the puppy to excrete. Otherwise, if the feces stay in the body, the puppy will easily get sick. If the bitch doesn't behave like this, the owner must use toilet paper or gauze to stimulate excretion and let the puppy defecate smoothly. Usually, the bitch licks the puppy's excrement. In case the puppy gets dirty, you can clean it with a warm towel. If it is a caesarean section, the puppy should pay close attention when sucking milk, so as to avoid the suture of the bitch being torn and the wound being split.

3. Artificial Breastfeeding In the case that the bitch dies unfortunately, or the bitch has insufficient milk, too many fetuses or fever during lactation, it is necessary to replace or supplement breast milk through artificial breastfeeding. It should be noted that milk and dog milk are very different in composition. Milk is low in protein, low in fat and high in lactose, while dog milk is high in protein, high in fat and low in lactose. Therefore, it is not enough to feed only milk. It is best to use goat's milk, because goat's milk is closest to dog's milk. If you can't buy goat milk, you can buy dog milk powder on the market now, which is close to dog milk in composition and can be used as long as it is brewed; If you have to use milk, you have to add egg yolk, bone meal and so on. And brew and feed it at twice the concentration. It is easier to feed dogs (with smaller nipples) with special bottles. Wipe the urethra and anus of the puppy with toilet paper before feeding, and let it excrete clean before feeding. When feeding, put the puppy's two front feet on your palm, tilt the bottle and twitch it up and down gently. Because puppies are used to massaging their breasts with their front feet when they are nursing, milk keeps flowing. It should be noted that if you feed your baby on your back, once the inhalation trachea blocks your nostrils, it will cause difficulty breathing. Breastfeeding lasts about 10~20 minutes until it is full or asleep. The temperature of milk is around 39℃, so you must be patient to make the puppy fully fed when feeding. Keep the bottle clean, too. Don't save the milk left in the bottle for next feeding. Many puppies can't adapt to artificial breastfeeding and will have diarrhea, especially when feeding "milk". Because dogs lack lactose, diarrhea will be more serious. Because the absorption of each puppy is not certain, if the puppy is not good to feed, it is best to consult a doctor.

Food nutrition:

Postpartum bitches also need "confinement" to recuperate their bodies, so they must be given high-calorie and digestible food. But improving nutrition is not an increase in quantity, and it is best to feed 3 to 4 meals a day. You can add some meat, eggs, cheese and so on. Dog food, and it is best to change dog food into high-calorie dog food for development. In addition, calcium intake is very important. In addition to absorption from food, it is best to supplement calcium powder.

Good health:

It is best to wipe the bitch's whole body with a warm towel first, especially around her abdomen and breasts, so as not to let the puppy eat unclean things or get infected with germs during breastfeeding. The timing of bathing can be 2 weeks after delivery, when the bitch's condition is relatively stable.

Breast care:

In addition to keeping clean, we must pay attention to whether there is any abnormality in the breasts every day, because when the puppy sucks milk, it is easy to hurt the nipple if it is too hard. Once infected by miscellaneous bacteria, its nipple is easy to get mastitis and become red and swollen, and the bitch may not want to breastfeed. Once the milk secreted by the inflamed mammary gland is yellow, don't let the puppy suck it.

Nursing in weaning period:

2 1 after birth, puppies can be weaned and bitches need to fast for one day. Reduce the bitch's food intake when weaning, and control the water, and then slowly restore the original food intake when the milk is gone. If the bitch still has persistent breast fullness after weaning, you can ask the doctor to inject a needle for breast withdrawal. If there is a tumor in the breast, it may be mastitis and must be treated. However, the breast withdrawal needle is a hormone, so try not to use it if you can't use it, so as not to interfere with the normal endocrine of the bitch, but to have side effects. During this period, calcium should still be fully supplemented until one month after weaning, so that the bitch will not be weak and have bad hair because of the loss of calcium during childbirth.

Newborn puppies should pay attention to keeping warm. The indoor temperature should be above 23 degrees Celsius. When the room temperature is lower than 2 1 degree Celsius, a small electric blanket and a thermos bottle should be used to increase the temperature, but it must be wrapped with a towel to avoid scalding the puppy. Puppies can't regulate their body temperature within 4 weeks after birth. Generally, dogs, like babies, sleep most of the time, and there are no special circumstances.